2014年6月大学英语六级考试翻译预测8
爱伦的贡献在于,他拿出“我们并不是机器人,所以能控制自己的思想”这一公认的假设,并揭示了其错误所在。 【参考译文】 Allen’s contribution was to take an assumption we all share-that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts-and reveal its erroneous nature. 因为我们大都相信意识是独立于物质存在的,所以我们认为能够将思想隐藏、并使之失去效力;这使得我们能够这样想却那样做。 【参考译文】 Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another. 但爱伦认为,潜意识和意识产生的作用一样大。 【参考译文】 However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind. 而且,尽管我们或许可以单凭意识来维系“控制”这种错觉,现实中我们还是不断要面对一个问题:“我为什么不能让自己做这个或实现那个?” 【参考译文】 And while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that? 相关资料 |